Don Bosco is a 1935 Italian drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Gianpaolo Rosmino, Maria Vincenza Stiffi and Ferdinando Mayer. The film is a portrayal of the life of the Catholic Priest John Bosco (1815–1888). It was made by Riccardo Gualino's Lux Film, one of the bigger Italian companies of the era.Moliterno p.185 Alessandrini later went on to direct a later, more celebrated biopic of a nineteenth century religious figure with his Cardinal Messias (1939).
Cast Gianpaolo Rosmino as Don Giovanni Bosco Maria Vincenza Stiffi as Margherita, sua madre Ferdinando Mayer as Giovanni Bosco as child Roberto Pasetti Vittorio Vaser Felice Minotti Cesare Gani Carini Arturo Zan
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Bibliography Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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